Hamilton County Helping Working Families website helps connect families to resources to help with tough economic times. Use this website to help save money, help with prescription drugs cost, child care, and help connect you to job opportunities and job training.

Independent Solutions is locally owned; therefore, our Senior Care Advisors know the community and can help our client find the appropriate short and/or long-term living & care options and resources based on their preferences and requirements.  Our advisors listen to the client to gain an understanding of their needs; physical, emotional, social, financial and geographical preferences. They understand that any decision about alternative living is difficult and stand ready to lessen the confusion and frustration for the client and their loved ones.  

The Regional EITC Collaborative led by United Way of Greater Cincinnati, is a coalition of business, nonprofit and government partners with one purpose - to help eligible wage earners in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana receive quality tax preparation and wealth-building opportunities to strengthen their own financial stability. Regional partners in delivering free tax preparation include VITA, AARP, Benefit Bank and United Way.

The Collaborative promotes free and fair tax preparation services for middle and low-income wage earners. Many filers are subject to filing fees and refund anticipation loans sold to them by private, for-profit businesses. Eligible wage earners can avoid these fees and loans by using the Collaborative's Free Tax Prep & E-filing Sites and services throughout Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. The sites and services are free, quick and an efficient alternative to paid preparers.

The Collaborative also encourages financial independence and savings for middle and low-income households. Wealth-building is an important step toward home ownership, saving for education or retirement, and day-to-day living.

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries is a contracted provider of Council on Aging offering the following services:

• homemaking
• personal care services

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries is a multi-purpose human services agency, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.

Caregiver Training

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries provides ongoing training, employment, and retention support for women and men striving to attain self-sufficiency by working as home care aides. These individuals then give back to others by providing compassionate home care for impoverished older adults suffering from infirmity and/or loneliness in their inner-city neighborhoods. 

Senior Programs

Advocacy for seniors 60 years and older living in 45206 and 45207 zip codes consisting of:

• Assistance with budgeting and writing monthly checks
• Assistance with understanding paperwork from government agencies, doctors, etc.
• Accompany to appointments at Social Security office, doctors, etc., in order to help understand individual situation and assist with recertification
• Place phone calls to agencies to access situation
• Assist with fill out paperwork

Crisis Assistance - Hours Monday through Thursday 9am-11:30am:

• Assist with paying rent, utilities or medications if criteria met
• Food Pantry - food bag to feed one person for three days
• Monthly Special "Pantry Day" held the third Tuesday of each month which includes blood pressure check and health assessment with van transportation
• Benefit Bank / Income Tax Filing

Prevention of Social Isolation:

• Telephone visits
• Spiritual visits and regular home visits
• Activities such as Birthday and Christmas parties
• Birthday card delivery

Grandparent Support Group:

• Monthly meeting for grand parents raising their grand children facilitated by licensed social worker

Education Services

• ABLE/GED classes
• Basic computer education
• Workplace & Life Skills Training

Referrals

If you know someone who could benefit from our services, please make a referral by contacting Mary Lou Wolf at mlwolf@mnministries.org. Or by calling her at 513.751.2500 Ext. 215.

The Save the Dream Ohio (SDO) campaign is a multi-media foreclosure prevention effort aimed at helping Ohioans take action to save the dream of homeownership.

The SDO hotline is an easily accessible, centralized resource for foreclosure information and referrals. Initially operated by the Ohio Department of Development’s Office of Community Services and the Attorney General’s Office Help Center, the hotline operations were consolidated into one call center housed within the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) in 2010.

**Temporary warming shelters available by contacting 2-1-1 for Butler, Clermont, Clinton, and Warren counties**

2-1-1 can be accessed by phone or computer. A toll-free call to 2-1-1 connects you to a community resource specialist in your area who can put you in touch with local organizations that provide critical services that can improve—and save—lives. You’ll find information about:

• supplemental food and nutrition programs
• shelter and housing options and utilities assistance
• emergency information and disaster relief
• employment and education opportunities
• services for veterans
• health care, vaccination and health epidemic information
• addiction prevention and rehabilitation programs
• reentry help for ex-offenders
• support groups for individuals with mental illnesses or special needs
• a safe, confidential path out of physical and/or emotional domestic abuse

Whether in times of natural disaster or personal crisis, 2-1-1 is committed to being the first, most essential resource to anyone who needs help.